Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-14

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SQUIRE ping are resting from their al
most supernatural labors, their door
tnro aged with converts Just arrived,
COMING TO REPORT THEMSELVES.
But brilliant as the sunset, and like tn,
caves for number, are the celestls
homes yet to be awarded, when Christ t,
you, and millions of others, shall divid
the spoil. What do you want there2 Yol
shall have it. An orchard? There it is
twelve manner of fruit, and fruit ever,
month. Do you want river scenery
Take your choice on the banks OF tn
river, in longer, wider, deepe
roll than Danube, or Amazon, o
Mississippi il mingling with one, anc
emptying into the city of glass mingled
with fire. Do you want your kindred
back again? Go out and meet YOU
father and mother without the staff Oh
the stoop, and your children in a dance
! of immortal glee. Do yol want throne:
Select it from the million FURNISHED ele
yations. Do you want p crown? Pick il
out of that mountain of diamonded coro
nets. Do You want your old church
friends Of earth around you? Begin to
hum an old revival tune and they viii
flock from all quarters TO revei with You
IN sacred Renaissance. Ali the earth for
those who are here on earth at the time
OF continental and planetary distribution,
and all the heavens for those who are
there.
That heavenly distribution OF spoils
will be q surprise to many. Here enters
heaven the soul of a man who took up a
great deal of room in the church on earth
mi CnnrifiRai 1i+Tlp ar1I bis .yaIl
works seIfiShness was evident He lust
crowds through the shining safe. but it is
g very tight squeeze so that the door
keeper has to pull hard to get him in,
and this man expects half of heaven for
his share of trophies, and ne would like &
monopoly Of all its splendOr, and to pur-
chase lots in the suburbs so that he could
get advantage from the growth of the
city. Well, he had little grace of heart,
just enough to get him through, and to
him is given
A SECONDHAND CROWN
which one of the saints wore at the start,
but exchanged for brighter one as he
went On from glory to glory. And he is
put IN an old house once occupied by an
angel who was hurled out OF heaven at
the time of satan's rebellion.
RlGht after Him mes a soul that
makes great stir among the ctlestial@,
snd the angels rush 10 the scene, each
br nging to her dazzling coTonet. VINO
IS she, Over what realm on earth was
she queen? In what great Dusseldorf
festival was she the cantStTice? Neither.
Sic was al invalid who never left her
room for twenty years; but she was
strong 10 prayer, and see prayed down
revival after revival, and penteCOst after
upon the churches, and with
her pale hands she knit many ? mitten or
tippet for the poor, End with her con-
trivaGces she added joy to many holiday
festival, snd now, with those thin hands
so strong for kindness, and with those
white lips 80 strong for supplicatign, she
mas won coronation, aud enthTonement.
and jubilee. And Christ says to the
angels who have brought each crown
or the gIoriiet Invalid: ON. not these;
hey are not good enough. Bat in the |
eTeled vase ST the right hand side Of my |
,hrone there IS one mat have been pre-
)aring for ner many Il year, and for her |
,very pang | have Set an amethyst, aud !
or ner every good deed | have set .
,earl. Fetch it now and fIlhll the prom (
Sc gave her long $50 il the sick room:
Be thou faithful unto death, and l Will .
give thee crown"
But notice that there is only one being
Il The universe VINO can and will distri-
ute the trophies of earth and heaven. It
s the divine warrior, the COMMANDMENTS
hief of the centuries, the champion of
he ages, the universal conqueror, the Son
f God, Jesus. You will take the spoils
rom His hand, or never take them st all.
lave His friendship and you may defy all
ime and all eternity, but without it
YOU WERE PAUPER,
hOugh you had universe at your COM
land. We are told in Revelation that
acob's twelve sons We're SO honcred as
D have the twelve gates of heaven named
fter them-over one gate Ct heaven
aphtali, over another cute OF heaven
ssachur, over another Dan, over another
-ad, over another Zebulnn, over another
udan, and so on. But Christ's name is
'ritten over ell the gates, snd on eVer7 {
anel Of TIE gates, and have His help, j..
lis pardon, His intercessi0n, His atone {
tent, must, or be fOrlorn wretch for I
yer. My Lord and my God Make me !
nd ali who hear me this day, and all to {
HON these words shall come, Thy re- I
ent&nt, believing, sworn, C0nsecra.ed :
nd rsnsomed followers for ever. s
What o day it will be! This entire as ]
3mblage would rise to your feet if you 5
5uld realize it, the day in which Christ I
lal! in fulfllment Of my text divide the t
,oH. 1t YVES gr. at day when Queen /
il toria, in the midst of the Crimean war,
stributed medals to the soldiers who 9
= tod
e Horse Guards, N presence of the
yal family, the injured men were car
ed in or came on crutches-Col. TroW- d
idge, who lost both feet ct InkeFmer;
ID Capt. Saysr, who had the ankle joint
his right leg SHOT of at Alma, and
lpt. Cure, his disabled limb supported v
a soldier, and others manned and dis f
,ured and exhausted-and with her own t.
nd the queen gave each the Grim an
ads! And what triumphant days for
ose soldiers when, further on, they re-
ived the French medal with the imperial
gle, and the Turkish medal with its q
Of four flags-FranCe,
lrkey, England and Sardinia-and be-
ath it msp of the Crimea n
SPREAD OVER A GUN WHEEL. 8
And what rewards are suggested to all h
sders of history by the mere mention Of i
: Waterloo medal, and the Cape medal, v
d the gold cross medal, and the medal c;
uck for bravery in our American wars! p
t how Insignificant all these compared p
til the day when the good soldiers OF d
;us Christ shall come in out OF the bat p
: of this world, and in the presence or ~
the piled up glOries Of the redeemed m
| the unfalen, Jesus, our king, shall !
ide the spoilI The more wounds, the N
,ater the inheritance. The longer the OF
ced march, the brighter the trophy. A
e more terrific the exhaustion, tae pl
re glorious the transport. Not the IN
/ OF bright ribbon, or = media! of tr
ss, or silver, or gold, but Il kiogdom T.
which we are to reign for ever and re
r. Mansions on the eternal hills Do 1t